What Does 'Do Not Muzzle The Ox' Mean In The Bible?

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What Does “Do Not Muzzle The Ox” Mean In The Bible? A Biblical Definition by Jack Wellman
Thou shall not muzzle the Ox means, the worker should be treated fairly and (all people, for the work they do) must not be stripped of the wages that they deserve (Jack Wellman).
What does “Do not muzzle the ox” mean in the Bible?
Paul interpretation states; do not muzzle the ox while treading’ as ‘do not ignore to pay Christian ministers,’ commentators have quite naturally assumed that his analysis was figurative. However, contrasting with modern rabbinic analysis propose that this would have been viewed as a critical understanding of the traditional meaning of the text (Brewer, 1992).
Buckman (2014) added; regrettably, people have often looked at the

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